Jug, greyish-blue salt-glaze stoneware, partly decorated in underglaze blue, rounded foot in pewter mount, short stem, baluster body, gadrooned below a columned arcade ornamented with seven coats of arms, for Scotland, Denmark, England, Holland, Zeeland, Munster and Hesse, each inscribed below, and with the Mennicken house mark, gadroons and diaper panels to the shoulders, neck ornamented with three masks in oval cartouches between strapwork panels, strap handle with rolled terminal, shallow domed pewter cover, hinged, with shell thumbpiece and acorn finial.
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Creation/Production
Role: Production
Role: Workshop
Place: Westerwald
Period: 1600 ca
Acquisition
Accepted in lieu of inheritance tax, 7/10/1996
Accepted by HM Government in Lieu of Tax and allocated to Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales
Measurements
h(cm) overall:27.9
h(cm)
Height
(cm): 25.3
diam
(cm): 9.8
Width
(cm): 14.4
h(in) overall:11
h(in)
Height
(in): 9
diam
(in): 3
Width
(in): 5
Techniques
Wheel-thrown
Forming
Applied Art
Stamped
Decoration
Applied Art
Applied
Decoration
Applied Art
Carved (decoration)
Decoration
Applied Art
Underglaze blue
Decoration
Applied Art
Material
Salt-glazed stoneware
Pewter